PastPresence

Contact

Press, commissions, residencies, and collaboration notes are all welcome. Replies usually within a few days.

Seeing the work live

These experiences are built and running. Because each one runs on live, real-time compute, access is by walkthrough rather than an open link: a guided session, in person or by call. Commissions and grants fund the work from prototype to standing installation.

A holographic bust glowing inside a lit recess cut into a rough stone monolith, on a copper plinth. The same monolith presence, its bust glowing teal against a pale background. The monolith presence again, pink neon around the recess against a grey background. The monolith in its idle state, an abstract neon form glowing in the recess. The idle monolith in a darker setting, a neon spiral turning in the recess.

Direct contact

Caleb Weintraub

PastPresence

caleb@pastpresence.io

HEARSAY is the interactive-fiction line, art, literature, and serious play. The Knock is the flagship; access is arranged on request.

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For a quicker reply

Echoes installation interest, with venue and region named

HEARSAY distribution, festival, or platform conversations

Reading Companion pilots, with the author or estate noted

Press, residency, and grant-program inquiries

Helpful to include

Organization and role

Which line of work prompted the note

Geography and venue context

Rough timeline and scope

How a commission works

For an Echoes installation, the path from first call to public opening runs in six stages. Support and hosting are quoted by scope.

  1. 01

    Exploratory call

    Site, audience, and intent. No commitment.

  2. 02

    Site and context brief

    Architectural, historical, and stakeholder context.

  3. 03

    Persona and archive plan

    Roster, sourcing, and community review partners.

  4. 04

    Form factor selection

    Display tier and material direction matched to the venue.

  5. 05

    Production and installation

    Authoring, fabrication, voice work, and install.

  6. 06

    Launch and ongoing support

    Public opening. Support and hosting quoted by scope.